Baseball Hosts Cornell, Seeking Fourth Straight Ivy Series Win

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team hosts Cornell in an Ivy League series this weekend, looking to build on early success in conference play.

The Quakers took two of three from both Columbia and Dartmouth, then swept Harvard last weekend in a rain-shortened two-game set in Cambridge.

Penn (19-9, 6-2) vs. Cornell (7-15, 3-6)
Game 1 | Saturday, April 16 | 11:30 a.m. | WATCH | STATS
Game 2 | Saturday, April 16 | 3 p.m. | WATCH | STATS
Game 3 | Sunday, April 17 | 12 p.m. | WATCH | STATS

The Series: Cornell
Saturday's series opener will be the 293rd meeting between the Big Red and the Quakers dating back to 1888. Penn holds the advantage with a 166-124-2 record against Cornell. The Big Red took two of three from the Quakers in the last series in 2019, but Penn is still 14-8 under head coach John Yurkow.

NEWS AND NOTES: PENN
* Through three Ivy series, Penn leads the conference in home runs (17) and on-base percentage (.436), and rank second in batting average (.338), extra-base hits (37), runs (86), and slugging percentage (.570).

* On the mound, Penn's among the top three in the conference in WHIP (1.38), strikeouts (85), and opponents' batting average (.250).

* Penn has three players among the top seven in conference play in slugging percentage, with Jackson Appel leading the way at a .943 clip, Craig Larsen at .769, and Ben Miller at .735.

* Appel, Miller, Larsen and Tommy Courtney all rank among the top 10 in Ivy play in home runs and runs scored. As a team, Penn has homered in all eight Ivy League games and each of its last 13 games total.

* Kevin Eaise is the only Ivy hurler with wins in all three of his conference starts, and currently ranks third in ERA (2.12) and second in opponent batting average (.206).

PENN BY THE NUMBERS
3 • Larsen's two-homer game in Penn's 27-6 win last weekend made him just the third player with at least two home runs and 10 total bases in an Ivy League game this season.

8 • Penn has homered in all eight Ivy League games thus far, part of a 13-game home run streak.

27 • The Quakers' 27 runs in last weekend's series-opening win were the program's most in a game since an all-time record 33 against La Salle back in 2000.

90 and 91 • Larsen has started all 90 of his career appearances and Courtney has started all 91 of his career appearances.

Scouting Cornell
The Big Red lost two of three in last weekend's Ivy series at Princeton and enter the weekend sixth in the conference standings.

Sam Kaplan, Max Jensen, and Nathan Waugh rank among the top 11 in batting average and slugging for the first three Ivy weekends, with all hitting above a .400 clip with slugging percentages all over .680.

Luke Yacinch and Spencer Edwards are two of just nine conference hurlers who have averaged at least six innings across their first three conference starts. Edwards is also third in conference play, conceding just a .211 opponent batting average.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Jackson Appel: C; 6' 0"; Junior; S/R

#27 Tommy Courtney: OF; 5' 10"; Senior; L/R

#22 Kevin Eaise: RHP; 6' 2"; Senior; R/R

#18 Craig Larsen: INF; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#2 Ben Miller: UTIL; 6' 1"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#3 Jackson Appel
: 6' 0"; Junior; S/R
: C

#27 Tommy Courtney
: 5' 10"; Senior; L/R
: OF

#22 Kevin Eaise
: 6' 2"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#18 Craig Larsen
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: INF

#2 Ben Miller
: 6' 1"; Junior; R/R
: UTIL